Riyadh vs Tulsa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Tulsa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$4437
🏠 One person rent	$944	$1057
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$1765
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$72.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$3450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	54
😀 Quality of life	78	85
🏙️ Population	7.01M	413K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 12% less expensive than in Tulsa. Cities ranked 2911th and 2250th ($1637 vs $1851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1871st in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.9 months in Tulsa. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tulsa ranked 97th in the United States, while ranked 733rd and 364th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Tulsa

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	Riyadh	Tulsa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$59.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$4.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$1762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$1411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$66.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	6.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$1849
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$1666
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$3.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$5.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$48.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$98.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$1071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$25283

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529

Cities near Tulsa

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
20 km or 12 mi	Bixby	$1874
20 km or 13 mi	Owasso	$1864
21 km or 13 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
36 km or 22 mi	Claremore	$1855
67 km or 41 mi	Muskogee	$1629
69 km or 43 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
102 km or 63 mi	Stillwater	$1748
120 km or 75 mi	Ponca	$1671
126 km or 78 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Shawnee	$1855
146 km or 91 mi	Edmond	$1621
150 km or 93 mi	Midwest	$1861
154 km or 96 mi	Bella Vista	$2114
156 km or 97 mi	Del	$1878
157 km or 97 mi	Bentonville	$2206
160 km or 99 mi	Fayetteville	$1968
161 km or 100 mi	Springdale	$2015
161 km or 100 mi	Oklahoma City	$1832
163 km or 101 mi	Van Buren	$1702
163 km or 101 mi	Rogers	$1785
165 km or 103 mi	Joplin	$1896
166 km or 103 mi	Fort Smith	$1411
167 km or 104 mi	Moore	$1946
168 km or 104 mi	Norman	$1989
177 km or 110 mi	Enid	$1814
178 km or 110 mi	Yukon	$1824
180 km or 112 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
181 km or 112 mi	Mustang	$1862
197 km or 122 mi	Derby	$1846
213 km or 132 mi	Wichita	$1811
242 km or 151 mi	Ardmore	$1865
247 km or 153 mi	Branson	$1578
247 km or 153 mi	Newton	$1730
254 km or 158 mi	Emporia	$1337
256 km or 159 mi	Duncan	$1816
257 km or 159 mi	Nixa	$1689
264 km or 164 mi	Springfield	$1534
270 km or 168 mi	Russellville	$1438
271 km or 168 mi	Denison	$2205